William Baddeley (II)

[disambiguation of the 'William' name in this Baddeley family]




 

Location and period of operation:

William Baddeley

Hanley

1802

  1822

 

Manufacturer of earthenware  and Basalt ("often in Wedgwood style") at Eastwood, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England. 

  • A member of the Baddeley family of potters.

  • William Baddeley II was born in 1780, son of William Baddeley who was a pottery manufacturer and lathe maker at Eastwood. 

  • At some time he married Amelia James. They had a son Henry William Baddeley, who also became a pottery manufacturer. Henry James Baddeley often went by his middle name and and so for clarity is referenced as 'William III'  

  • This second William Baddeley (worked from 1802 to 1822) and is said to have made many improvements in the ware.

  • "He died at and advanced age, and the works at Eastwood having been sold, his son William Baddeley III [Henry William Baddeley], commenced in Queen Street, Hanley. 

 


 Also see: The Baddeley family of potters 

 


account of William Baddeley (II)
in Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain, 1878

 

NOTE: the supposed deception of the impressed name stamp may be: true, exaggerated, or an apocryphal anecdote which developed over time - the latter is probable as known examples of Baddeley's ware have a clear impressed 'EASTWOOD'

see the whole of Jewitt's account on the Baddeley family  »

 

"... This second William Baddeley made many improvements in the ware, and attempted, both by an imitation of body of his vitreous wares, and by his mark, to palm off some of his goods as Wedgwood's. His mark was the word EASTWOOD impressed on the ware, but he contrived always to have the EAST indistinct and the WOOD clear (EASTWOOD), thus hoping to catch the unwary by the latter syllable. 

He died at an advanced age, and the works at Eastwood having been sold, his son, William Baddeley [almost certainly Henry William Baddeley], commenced in Queen Street, Hanley, for the manufacture of terra-cotta articles, and a large trade was carried on in earthenware knobs for tin and japanned tea and coffee-pots..."

Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain, 1878, pp 401, 402. 

 

 

 


detail of the teapot with hinged cover and swan finial

 


A William Baddeley of Eastwood black basalt teapot, English teapot, tea canister and two milk pitchers

Comprising William Baddeley teapot with hinged cover and swan finial, impressed EASTWOOD; teapot with sliding cover; cylindrical tea canister with oval vase medallions and drapery swags; milk pitcher decorated with animals and a putto within panels and a milk pitcher with reeded decoration.

photo acknowledgement: Bonhams

 

 

 


Brown ornamental earthenware produced by William Baddeley
 Eastwood, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

6.25" (16.5cm) high by 4.25" (10.5cm) deep

 


Eastwood

a clear impressed mark 'EASTWOOD'

photo source: on-line market place ETSY - John Vincents Opulence

 

 

 


Vase and cover of cane-coloured stoneware, with white cameo decoration and handles of grey stoneware
Pot-pourri vase and cover, red stoneware with applied decoration in low relief in black 
Vase of cane-coloured stoneware, with light blue cameo figures of Aurora scattering flowers, two Chinese ladies, and Venus with two cupids.

photo acknowledgement: V&A museum

 




Eastwood

 

NOTE: Jewitt's account of the supposed deception of the impressed name stamp appears to be an apocryphal anecdote which developed over time - as known examples of Baddeley's ware have a clear impressed 'EASTWOOD'

 

 

 

 

William Baddeley's Eastwood works 

 


Albut's map of 1802 showing the location of William Baddeley's works 

William Baddeley's works is number 85
alongside the Cauldon Canal at Eastwood, Hanley

 

 

Questions, comments, contributions? email: Steve Birks

 


Page History:

  • Page created: 28 July 2005

  • Last Updated: 17 April 2026 - removed the photos of the later Eastwood pottery of the Johnson Brothers; updated the  introduction; added: entry from Jewitt; examples of ware; impressed marks.